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Holocaust Vocabulary

Holocaust Vocabulary. HOLOCAUST. Term used to refer to the systematic murder of 6 million Jews by the Nazis between 1933-1945. “ Holokaustos ” meaning “Burnt whole” (over 11 million people in all). ADOLF HITLER. Ruler of Germany during WWII, called the “Fuhrer”. FUHRER.

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Holocaust Vocabulary

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  1. HolocaustVocabulary

  2. HOLOCAUST Term used to refer to the systematic murder of 6 million Jews by the Nazis between 1933-1945. “Holokaustos” meaning “Burnt whole” (over 11 million people in all)

  3. ADOLF HITLER Ruler of Germany during WWII, called the “Fuhrer”

  4. FUHRER A leader, especially one exercising the absolute power of a tyrant

  5. DICTATOR A ruler with absolute power

  6. ARYAN Racial term used by Nazis to describe a “race” they believed to be superior. It has no biological validity (This is where the Blue eyes, blonde hair, tanned skin stereotype came from)

  7. ANTI-SEMITISM Discrimination or persecution of Jews

  8. CONCENTRATION CAMP Place where political prisoners were kept (EX: Dachau, Bergen-Belsen, forced labor, POW, transit camps)

  9. DEATH CAMPS Nazi centers of murder and extermination

  10. GENOCIDE The systematic elimination of a people or nation

  11. Top Genocides“geno” – race, “cide” - kill • Bosnia (1992-1995) – 200,000 Deaths • Rwanda (1994) – 800,000 Deaths • Cambodia (1975-1979) – 2 million Deaths • Nazi Holocaust (1933-1945) – 6 million Deaths • Stalin’s Forced Famine (1932-33) – 7 million Deaths

  12. GHETTO a section of a city occupied by a minority group who live there especially because of social, economic, or legal pressure

  13. NAZISM the ideology and practice of the Nazis, especially the policy of racist nationalism, national expansion, and state control of the economy

  14. SWASTIKA Symbol of the Nazi party; originally an ancient religious symbol

  15. FINAL SOLUTION The Nazi term for the annihilation of the Jews in Europe

  16. PROPAGANDA False or partly false information used by a government/political party intended to influence/sway the opinions of the population

  17. ASSERTION • Commonly used in advertising • An enthusiastic and energetic statement presented as a fact, although not necessarily true • Should be accepted without question “My product is the best”

  18. BANDWAGON • An appeal to the subject to follow the crowd, to join in because others are doing it • One side is the winning side because it has more people, more popular • The subject is meant to believe that since it has so many people, the “win” is inevitable and defeat impossible • Backwards look: you will be left out if you don’t join in “If everyone jumped off a cliff, would you?”

  19. SS Formed in 1925 as Hitler’s personal guards and developed into the most powerful affiliated organization of the Nazi party

  20. STAR OF DAVID (Yellow Star) Universal symbol of Judaism, also the Shield of David

  21. PERSECUTION The systematic mistreatment of an individual or group by another group

  22. GESTAPO Abbreviation for Geheime Staatspolizei (Secret State Police)

  23. NUREMBERG TRIALS Trials held in Nuremberg, Germany from 1945-1949 to prosecute war criminals from Nazi Germany for their crimes against the Jews. The main targets charged were political, economic, and military leaders.

  24. Nuremberg Trials. Defendants in the dock. The main target of the prosecution was Hermann Göring (at the left edge on the first row of benches), considered to be the most important surviving official in the ThirdReich after Hitler's death.

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